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The importance of modifier keys

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The importance of modifier keys

Before we jump into learning about the drawing tools inside of Illustrator, I wanted to take a moment to talk about the keyboard. While the actual drawing that you'll be doing will be done with the mouse or with a pen, if you're using a Wacom tablet, the keys in your keyboard play a very important role in how you get your work done. Basically certain keys on the keyboard can make the drawing tools behave differently. For this reason there are certain keys on the keyboard called modifier keys. Across the board in almost every single tool inside of Illustrator, these modifier keys can really make a difference in how you draw. These modifier keys are the Shift, Option and Command and Spacebar keys on Mac, or the Shift, Ctrl, Alt and Spacebar keys on Windows. There are many different keyboards out there, so what you see here may not match exactly what you have. But one of the nice things that I've seen is that lately keyboards have these keys mirrored on both the left and right sides of…

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